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Indian Ford, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Munson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32570. It stands on Snowden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harold quadrangle.

Indian Ford within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1934 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Indian Ford, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Indian Ford, surveyed 1934

Compare 1934 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

338 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 338 fires within 5 miles of Indian Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,517 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 41 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Railroad operations and maintenance41
Arson/incendiarism41
Debris and open burning36
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural9
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1997Smoking2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceINDIAN FORD TRACTOR (57)
3 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.4 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceROADSIDE FIRE - 1131
27 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Indian Ford: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Santa Rosa Co. Road Dept. - Red Bug MineClayUnknown
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Rosa County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Ford in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2007Tornado (EF0)Indian Ford$8,000A park ranger observed a weak tornado briefly touch down in the forest. Several trees and power lines were blown down. The tornado remained over the forest and dissipated shortly after touching down.
May 2024Tornado (EFU)Indian Ford-A new EF-U tornado has been discovered via high resolution Planet satellite imagery from the May 10th tornado event. A radar tornado debris signature was present which necessitated the review of available satellite imagery to confirm the existence of this tornado. The tornado began north of Red Rock Road and just east of Will Sexton Road in forested areas. The tornado tracked east-southeast eventually crossing Red Rock Road at the intersection of Pleasant Home Church Road and Bryant Bridge Road. The tornado lifted shortly after this point. Once higher resolution imagery becomes available, the tornado intensity may be able to be assessed.||This survey was able to be completed with the assistance of NASA SPoRT, NASAMSFC, NASA CSDA and the NASA Disasters Program providing high resolution Planet satellite imagery. Without the availability of this remote sensing imagery, the true path length, width, and track of this tornado would not have been able to be determined.
January 2010Flash FloodIndian Ford-Red Rock Road closed due to high water flowing over 3 bridges.

Every storm recorded in Santa Rosa County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Spring Hill3.8 miles13
Harold4.4 miles18
Roeville4.5 miles18
Floridale5.1 miles18
Point Baker7.1 miles15
Allentown7.1 miles14
Parkerville7.4 miles17
Milton8.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295373. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.